Stackable chair with ganging structure
OwnerJay B. Weberinventor
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Abstract
A chair construction is disclosed wherein the leg members can be intermeshed with the leg members of adjoining chairs to form a row of chairs, such as used for a church pew. Each leg member is composed of a support portion and an integral ganging portion which have surfaces diverging from an interior apex to form an axially extending groove. This groove is of a size and shape to snugly receive the ganging portion of the mating leg member to form a solid joint when the adjoining leg members are interengaged. The leg members are externally connected to the seat member to permit a vertical stacking of the individual chairs to facilitate storage thereof. The rear leg members are constructed with a hole and corresponding bayonet joint to detachably receive an optional kneeler that can be pivotally moved into a retracted position.
Claims7
A chair having a seat portion supported in an elevated position by first and second pairs of legs affixed thereto, each said pair of legs having a front leg and a rear leg defining leg axes inclined from a vertical orientation and disposed in an upwardly converging relationship, each said leg having a support portion and an axially extending integral ganging portion, the ganging portions of corresponding legs of said first and second pairs of legs being oppositely disposed to permit a selective interengagement thereof between adjacent chairs to form a row of interlocked chairs, one of said rear legs being provided with a hole therein, the other of said rear legs having a bayonet joint in the form of an inverted L-shaped groove formed therein to permit the selective attachment of a kneeler member to said chair by pins positionable within said hole and said bayonet joint to enable said kneeler to be pivotally moved between a retracted position and a use position.
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